What’s in a Name? How We Find, Name, and Investigate Exoplanets (Live Public Talk)

We live in a golden age of discovery with more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. But how do we find these worlds, and what challenges do we face in the search for more? In this talk with Dr. Marie Ygouf, we’ll take a look at the discovery process and what lies ahead for exoplanet exploration. Speaker: Dr. Marie Ygouf, Technologist, NASA JPL, member of the Roman Coronagraph Project Science and James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam science teams Host: Brian White, public services office, NASA JPL Co-host: Dr. Nora Bailey, public engagement specialist, NASA JPL